Jacques Gagné, president of Gecko Design, said on the firm’s website that he and Gecko’s four other employees are joining Google X, the Internet company’s research lab to work on “a variety of cutting edge projects.” Read More »

At least eight states have introduced bills that would restrict the use of Google Glass while driving. But the proposed measures targeting the company’s hi-tech spectacles have stalled, failing to clear a single chamber.

But even if the bills gained traction, they would be “practically unenforceable,” according to a new research paper by William & Mary law professor Adam Gershowitz, who suggests his own legislative solution. Read More »

A mysterious Google barge on the Eastern seaboard is headed for the scrap heap, according to a report in the Portland Press Herald.

Expected to become a floating showroom for high tech gadgetry like Google Glass, the barge docked near Portland, Maine, was towed to a new location Wednesday where its dozens of stacked containers were expected to be disassembled, the Press Herald reported. Read More »

Google Glass can now be purchased by anyone in the U.S. willing to fork out $1,500. But it’s not clear for exactly how long.

The company has had a restricted beta test of the device, as well as an open one-day Glass sale last month. On Tuesday, Google said it will sell the device more broadly, but only while supplies last. Read More »

IHS Inc.’s new product teardown of Google Glass estimates the gadget’s hardware and manufacturing costs total about $152, which would represent just about 10% of the digital headset’s $1,500 price tag.

But don’t read into the number too much — IHS says the majority of Glass’s costs come from nonmaterial expenses, like nonrecurring engineering expenses, tooling costs, and extensive software and platform development. Read More »

Google Glass currently carries a $1,500 price tag, but the components packed tightly inside may cost just $79.78. according to an early estimate released on Wednesday by TechInsights’ Teardown.com business.

BAE Systems, the U.S.-arm of Europe’s largest defense company, has developed an app called GXP Xplorer Snap that allows intelligence operatives to take pictures using Google Glass and, through voice commands, transmit the photos along with detailed tagging information to a database management system. Read More »